Avo Kuyumjian studied at the Vienna Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts with Dieter Weber, Alexander Jenner and Georg Ebert. He won first prize at the Rombro-Stepanow Competition in 1978 and in 1981 he took first prize at the Sixth International Beethoven Piano Competition in Vienna. He is a founding member of the Vienna Piano Quartet and is currently professor of piano and chamber music at the Vienna Academy of Music.